Questions about configuring, troubleshooting or using connections that one device uses to talk to another.
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Airport express with double NAT is super slow
We have a satellite modem which will hand out a single IP address via DHCP. We're unable to make changes to this modem. We want to share the network connection to a PC with ethernet and wirelessly to ...
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Sluggish performance with Airport gear on 5 GHz
I've a network that is powered by an Airport Extreme and extended by an Airport Express. My Airport Extreme broadcasts 5 GHz and 2.4 GHz channels separately.
2.4 GHz operates on channel 4 and 5 GHz ...
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TP LINK TLMR3420 prompts for password - Beginner [closed]
I recently purchased a TP LINK TLMR3420 router. I am using a Mac
First i plugged it, and then fixed the 3G USB modem.
After few LEDS went on i tried to select the network, and then i was prompts for ...
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Can someone help me with errors in my pf.conf file? OS 10.7
I keep getting errors about the order of my rules and that there are syntax errors in my pf.conf file, and after troubleshooting for days, I thought I'd ask for some help. Please take a look and let ...
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OS X Server network sync issues
I've been running an Open Directory environment for over a year now, and this issue has never, ever stopped plaguing my network. Users constantly have syncing errors, seemingly due to permissions ...
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“Connect” button greyed out in “Network” window
Under "System Preferences: Network", I have a VPN login. The "Server Address" and "Account Name" fields are filled in, and, in the "Authentication Settings" subwindow, so are the "Shared Secret" and ...
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Unable to use Airplay, Remote App, or wireless printing
I have a regular home wireless network. The only issue is that, apparently, I'm unable to do things which require device-to-device connectivity (Airplay, Remote App on iPhone, or wireless printing). ...
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I can't access apple.com from my Macbook
For some reason I cannot access apple.com from my MacBook since last week. Was Lion at that time, so I thought updating to Mountain might help, but no luck. Also a full reset and back to original ...
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Internet connection problem wifi working fine but unable to ping anything?
I just came to a different country and suddenly I am having strange issues with my macbook air 2012's wifi. It seems to detect the wifi networks without issue but refuses to load any webpages or ...
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Print from iPad without AirPrint or Wi-Fi
Consider the following configuration
I have a Wi-Fi iPad without 3G support.
I also have an HP printer that doesn't not have Wi-Fi capabilities.
My printer supports USB.
I am planning to buy a 3G ...
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location aware network drive mount?
At work we have a network drive (hosted on a windows server, mounted wirelessly via SMB) that is best if it is automounted.
The trouble is that this causes the system to pause when it tries to mount ...
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Traffic from an unknown process called Torque
I am seeing traffic from a process called torque at Library/Application Support/Torque.app/Contents/MacOS/Torque it is connecting to thousands of ip addresses.
After searching for a while all I can ...
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Is there a network usage utility that shows data usage by network connection
I use my Mountain Lion MacBook Air to connect to the internet using various methods. At home, I use my wired connection, which does not have a cap. Sometimes though, I connect via my iPad, which uses ...
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Aborted localhost http requests — how to troubleshoot?
I've got a webserver running on localhost (not the one built into OSX -- a different, proprietary webserver). I do most of my web app dev there, refreshing the browser to reload, etc. This has ...
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Networking an external hard drive
I want to buy a Seagate Backup Plus Desktop 4TB Thunderbolt drive, but I was wondering if it is possible to connect my external hard drive to a network. There are two options which might help:
we ...
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Connect to OSX via AFP over WAN with a Time Capsule on network?
I have a Time Capsule set up on my LAN to handle backups between my mom's computer and my computer.
Before we had the Time Capsule, I could connect remotely to a MacBook Pro that I set up as a server ...
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Possible to use OSX's built-in Cisco IPSec VPN on a custom port?
From my googling and personal experience, I've determined that OSX's IPSec is extremely hard to get working for some people. It turns out I'm one of those people.
Using what I believe are the correct ...
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What, precisely, does “reset network settings” do on an iPhone?
I use "internet sharing" on my Mac, but lately I've been having trouble connecting my iPhone 5 to the resulting WiFi network. I've read advice online to do Settings -> General -> Reset -> ...
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How to stop cifs volumes disconnecting
At work my Mac Pro (Mountain Lion 10.8.3) connects to several network shares (on a SAN which I use my AD credentials to authenticate to). I connect using cifs by going to the "Connect to server" ...
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Internet through Office Network Not Working on My Macbook Pro [closed]
Good afternoon (well it is here in Saudi Arabia),
I read the answer to the response "I cannot connect to internet but my MacBook Pro detects the network and my HP computer works fine on the same ...
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Why does the same computer appear multiple times on the network?
As can be seen below, the same computer shows up several times when I go to browse network. It only happens with this single laptop.
What causes this?
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FTP: active vs. passive, command line vs. browser
Here's a weird one for everyone. I'll use AskDifferent because my test bed is on a Mac, but I don't know that the underlying issue is specifically Mac.
My Mac is behind a NAT wall. Let's call my ...
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Why does my wifi internet access fail shortly after connecting to a LAN without internet access?
I have a working wireless connection to an access point with an internet connection (where my IP is 172.17.30.137). Over this wireless connection I am able to ping internet addresses (e.g. 4.2.2.1) as ...
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Internet Sharing on Mountain Lion not working
I am trying to share an ethernet connection on a MacBook over Wi-Fi. I enabled Internet Sharing in the Sharing prefpane,
When I try to connect using an iPad, the iPad can see the network but cannot ...
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How do I delete other available networks from network scan list?
My Macbook Pro (v10.6.8) is constantly automatically connecting to a neighbor's wifi - event though I've never connected to that network, and I have my own Wifi connection prioritized. The system is ...
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Prefer cable over wifi in Mac on Mac for a specific IP
Is it possible to set a MacBook Pro to use ethernet cable over the wifi when it tries to access a certain IP in .bashrc file or any other configuration file?
For example, you can set it not to use a ...
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How should I use VPN on a Mac to prevent compromise before the VPN starts?
As most experienced users will have heard, using a Mac in a public untrusted Wi-Fi can be potentially harmful. A tool like Firesheep1 has made it very easy to intercept unencrypted communication.
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Configure Software Update to use a SOCKS5 proxy
I've got a machine that doesn't have a direct connection to the internet. I use a socks proxy to connect to the internet:
% ssh -ND 8080 gateway-machine
And I've got Firefox, etc configured to use ...
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Can't access internet
Suddenly, a couple of days ago, I have started to have major problems accessing internet through my home network, with my MacBook Pro Mid 2012 (non-retina) running Mountain Lion.
I connect to the ...
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Change of IP / Configure AirPort Extreme
Earlier today our IP Address changed due to misconfiguration caused by our ISP. I'm trying to ensure our IP won't change again. So I spoke with our ISP and they assigned us a static IP (we were ...
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How to redirect all my WiFi-hotspot users a certain IP/domain..?
Is there any OSX router software or Airport config to redirect all the users that connect to my Airport WiFi-hotspot to a certain domain or local IP?
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Migration over wifi requires specific network configuration?
I bought a new Macbook running Lion, trying to migrate from an old Macbook running Snow Leopard. At my temporary housing, the two machines were able to find each other over migration assistant, but ...
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Why does PF stop ipfw from forwarding in Mountain Lion?
Disclaimer: I know, ipfw is now deprecated. However, as I'm yet to find a functional way of forwarding packets using PF, I would like to keep using ipfw.
What I'm trying to do is forward all my ...
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Verizon iPad 4 not connecting to LTE
I have a recently purchased iPad 4 that runs on Verizon. I have not yet signed up for a mobile data plan. When I turn off wifi to see what network the iPad connects to the fastest network it connects ...
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How can I take custom printer settings from one computer and transfer them to others on the network?
I have a new printer on the network with four paper trays. If I set custom print settings on one computer. How can I transfer these setting to other computers?
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Why can I no longer get an internet connection when using my old Macbook and AirPort Express?
Up until recently I was using my 2007 MacBook perfectly fine with my old AirPort Express. A few days ago I purchased a used mid-2010 iMac which is now running OS X 10.8.3 (something I'm still not too ...
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HTTP Get is not working stable after Netboot
I am booting a Netboot Image with a MacMini 5.1, after the system is up a shell script calls a server via curl.
At the moment the Internet connection is up and running. I verify that doing a ping to ...
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Neighbor's Airport Extreme extending my wireless network?
I noticed a new machine on my network -- it's my next-door neighbor's Airport Extreme!
My network is set up with a WPA2 Personal password, and I don't believe that he's cracking passwords to steal ...
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How to host Etherpad (node.js) AND create a closed Wifi network from the same Mac?
I have a successfully running Etherpad install running on my Mac, and when clients on my network connect to my node.js server through the IP address assigned by my router, all is well.
But I'm going ...
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Wired Network Connection getting auto configured IP Address
I recently did a clean install of Mountain Lion and experiencing strange behavior with my wired Ethernet connection. It cannot obtain an IP address from DHCP, where the wireless can, against the same ...
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Wake on demand: can't access through internet
I'm using Wake on Demand (not WOL) to access my mac remotely. I can wake it from the sleep state only if I am on the same network using SSH, SFTP or HTTP. I have managed to connect from internet using ...
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Very long login times in Mac OS X
I am experiencing an issue with OS X 10.8.3, where it takes a very long time to login. It seems like it has something to do with which network I am connected to.
Explanation of the issue:
I get ...
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Is it possible to change the default gateway of the DHCP server side of an Airport Extreme
I will try to be brief. In my career I have always used the upper end of the subnet for network devices. For instance, I use .250-.254 for network devices such as the routers. I am very fond of using ...
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Wifi network not showing up
I have a weird problem, and internet isn't really helpful on that one.
I have a macbook pro and a wifi network. The macbook pro can see plenty of wifi network around, but very rarely mine.
The wifi ...
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How to prioritize WiFi networks on iPhone [duplicate]
I can connect to multiple WiFi networks on my iPhone but the problem is that I cannot prioritize them. iPhone automatically connects to a specific network, which is slower in my case, and then I have ...
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Check if Network Accounts are avalible
We have a domain running Microsoft Active Directory and in that domain there is a number of Mac computers running Leopard and later. Sometimes the users are met by a red dot at the login screen, ...
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change MAC address in USB device
I'm trying to change the MAC on a USB wifi device. The usual way of doing it does nothing...
sudo ifconfig en4 ether 11:22:33:44:55:66
After doing the command there are no errors, but the MAC stays ...
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OpenVPN on iOS can't connect
I have an account on an OpenVPN server and I can confirm that it is working, because i can connect to it from a win7 machine. But when i try to connect to it from the iOS OpenVPN app, it gets stuck in ...
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Cannot connect to specific website since OSX Mountain Lion install
I just installed Mountain Lion and everything is working pretty well except I can't connect to adobe.com. I can not connect on any of the browsers (firefox, chrome, safari). i can access the website ...
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How to find specific IP address within LAN?
With the setup I used to have I was able to control the home-domotica system via the wireless network of the time-capsule (app iPhone).
10.0.1.152
However today I had to move the time-capsule to ...
